A special meeting of the Alaska Public Offices Commission is scheduled for New Year’s Eve to take up the complaint of a political critic of Republican Rep. Kevin McCabe of Big Lake.
APOC is the agency tasked with ensuring that campaign finance laws and regulations are adhered to by candidates.
The complaint by Republican Michael Alexander says that McCabe has unresolved campaign finance violations relating to digital advertising. The complaint is lengthy and has numerous items that Alexander says are proof that not all of McCabe’s digital advertising during his campaign for reelection were disclosed to APOC.
But McCabe has a defense: He turned over all his digital advertising to Optima Public Relations and paid the company $16,825, all of which is declared on his APOC filings. This is a normal process for many campaigns.
McCabe and Alexander have some history. McCabe had his own APOC complaint already filed against Alexander for putting small signs pointing at McCabe’s campaign signs. Those small signs said “PFD Thief” on them, and were allegedly placed there by Alexander, who did not form up a legal independent expenditure group before having them printed and installed alongside McCabe’s signs.
McCabe also supported Rep.-elect Jubilee Underwood in her successful challenge to Rep. David Eastman in 2024; Alexander is a supporter of Eastman.
Why APOC is scheduling an expedited hearing on New Year’s Eve, with only 24 hours notice, is one of the mysteries of the agency, which has a history of fining Republicans, while allowing Democrats to skate.
The meeting will be held Dec. 31, at 10:00 a.m. APOC describes it as a meeting to “consider a request for expedited consideration of Complaint 24-12-CD, Michael Alexander v. Kevin McCabe. Under 2 AAC 50.888, if the Commission grants expedited consideration, a hearing on the merits of the complaint may immediately follow.”
Microsoft Teams instructions:
The meeting will be held remotely via Microsoft Teams. Click here to join the meeting.
Meeting ID: 287 379 483 743
Passcode: AV75MR93
Call-in for audio only:
1 907-202-7104. Phone Conference ID: 402042679#
You may also email [email protected] to request a Teams meeting invitation and questions regarding the meeting may be directed to the Commission’s staff at (907) 276-4176.
Everything bad happening in Juneau is the result of the weak Alaskan GOP. They talk like they’re actually doing something, when in fact they support the corrupt uni-party.
nailed it…a bunch of spineless swamp reptilians.
Doyle Holmes still has a path.
Hahaha.. there is no path. The worst that will happen is a fine.
There is a reason why the state capital remains in Woke Juneau. It is not easily accessible to those of us that give a crap about government overreach!!!
The capital can stay in Juneau. I want the legislature moved to the road system. Let’s rotate it from kenai to mat Su to fairbanks and back.
Eastman couldn’t get along with anyone. He refused to negotiate just sat like a rock in the garden. Politics is about negotiating, it’s not 1 side wins it’s about finding middle ground. We need to find our way back to that form of politics.
Doug, I have appreciated your comments nearly all of the time. But, I have to push back about negotiating. The People don’t want their constitution negotiated away and that is exactly what is happening here in Alaska.
Even here in the borough, our constitutional government is being eroded away by NGOs and MPOs who are dictating what is good for the Mat-Su Borough and what is not. We have people in our own community who are going along with giving away our constitution and whether you know it or not, you are one of them.
Page II in the Mat-Su Borough Comprehensive Safety Action Plan whose goal is to provide safe streets for all lists all of the people who have participated in the planning process. Safe streets for all at the cost of MSB People’s rights. We are being pushed into being a big-brother surveillance situation because of you and others working to get this plan going. I don’t understand how people can think that putting cameras up on every corner is going to make safer streets or a safer society. I don’t understand how we can even achieve having ZERO vehicular fatalities or serious injury; especially given that we are seeing a rise in “Covid Vaccine-related” deaths and accidents due to heart attacks, strokes, seizures and so on. But, yet, page 7 in that Action Plan pamphlet states the following:
“The SS4A program requires that an eligible CSAP make a clear commitment to an eventual goal of zero roadway fatalities and serious injuries by a specific date.”
We will never reach ZERO, unless…all of our vehicles are taken away and we have been un-alived.
Please re-think your stand on this issue Doug, and help the MSB Borough People to stop this globalist plan that will turn our borough into 15-minute or 20-minute plans.
People can download the MSB Comprehensive Safety Action Plan at the following borough link:
‘https://matsugov.us/docs/general/24496/20241219-MSB-CSAP-Public-Review-Draft.pdf
negotiating with evil?
that makes NO SENSE!!!
This isn’t a Juneau problem. It’s a Mat Su problem. OWN IT!!!
Nice Dave how about you own it . And yes it is a Juneau problem. I want Acess to my legislators. You can go stand in the corner for all I care.
I believe McCabe May finally get karma. Which is always good when you pretend to wear the white hat-while acting otherwise……..how many of us have been yelled at, called out, degraded, and demoralized by McCabe and his Christian wife? In my church-the teachings are to treat everyone with kindness, and to turn the other cheek when treated badly. But these are my Southern Baptist upbringing -where I never was taught to see color, creed, religion…..just to see another human beside me.
he is a crybaby bully and his wife is a simpering fool.
David Eastman the only true Conservative in the Valley! Hasn’t sold His soul to special interest like the other Valley Reps! And everyone of these Rinos out here Canabalized Him.
yup…..and so it begs the question, why did TILTON, MCCABE, HUGHES and ALLARD all go after Eastman instead of the UBER LEFTIST, MERRICK???
the lying GOP are NOT conservatives,,,,they are whiny, liberal FOOLS
Interesting that they are acting so quickly. I wonder if there is a time frame for something? Will we find out?
Leading the charge to destroy the AKGOP from within…
Looks like Alexander is waging another Andre McLeod style campaign.
Expedited hearing Dec 31st ?
The lazy Juneau never moves this fast.
Something not quite right here.
All the good guys like Eastman out, all PFD thieves are in.
Would that Republicans spent half as much effort defeating their (D)emocrat opponents. Alexander’s actions are pathetic. This is exactly why the Rs have been impotent for the past 25 years. Enjoy the fistfight, you idiots, while the Ds take over the state and run it into the ground. You’re playing right into their plans.